More details have emerged about the failed U.S. Navy SEAL rescue mission in Yemen that resulted in the deaths of hostages Luke Somers, an American journalist, and South African teacher Pierre Korkie.

The two were killed by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants during the U.S. military’s second attempt to free Somers. The operation was launched on Friday and continued into Saturday, the day on which the militants had announced they would kill Somers if their demands were not met. The militants set Saturday as a deadline after a previous failed operation on November 25.

South African aid group Gift of the Givers said Korkie was actually set to be released before Christmas, after they had negotiated with al Qaeda through tribal connections. The group said they did not know anything about the raid.

U.S. intelligence obtained information about Somer’s whereabouts through eavesdropping, spy satellites and surveillance drones.

Somers, along with South African teacher Pierre Korkie, were held inside a walled compound in a village in southern Yemen.

At around 1:00 a.m. on December 5, U.S-led forces traveled to the village in V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. The compound was guarded by half a dozen militants who discovered the approaching troops when they were less than 100 yards away. It is not clear how the militants became aware of the presence of the troops.

One of the militants reportedly then entered the building where Somers and Korkie were being held and shot the pair.

Somers and Korkie were transported on an Osprey to an amphibious assault ship offshore. One of the hostages died during transport, while the other died on the operating table on the ship.

The first rescue operation was launched on November 25. U.S. commandos and a small number of Yemeni counterterrorism soldiers were deployed to a cave in eastern Yemen in an attempt to rescue American journalist Luke Somers.

The troops were met with heavy resistance from militants of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Eight hostages were rescued in the first operation. Somers had been moved to another location two days before the mission on Friday.

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